Gushtasb Mazdak

Gushtasb Mazdak was an Afghan shepherd from Balkh Province. On 6 November 2001, he met Sam Diller's three-man Green Berets contingent and some Northern Alliance fighters in the Tiangi Gap, where he was tending to his herd of sheep. The starving Americans wanted to buy a sheep for $5, while Mazdak demanded $500; they ultimately negotiated the sheep's purchase for $300, and the Americans brought the lamb with them in order to supply them with lamb chops for food.